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Saturday, February 27, 2010

Happy, happy Saturday!!!!!! It's time for this week's Etsy Inspired challenge. And this week's shop is United Thread. I've had my head in the clouds lately and completely forgot to set my post up for today.....and I still need to get my card photographed and stuff so I'll add that in a bit.

I used this art piece of Two Turtles as my inspiration. I created this card using my ScorPal to create the grid pattern after stamping the images from Flourishes then rubbed it with Distress Inks.

What do you win?! This week, United Thread is offering up a print valued at up to $25 of the winner's choice.

This week's sponsor is Sakura of America. How lucky are we?!? They make an amazing line of pens. They have traditional gel pens, Glaze pens (which leave a nice sheen on the items), and Souffle pens (which have a matte finish and bump up slightly.) They also make the Quickie Glue pen which lets you do things like write and then coat it in glitter. It writes very finely. There are TONS of other products like stickers, erasers, adhesives and many others made from Sakura. Check them out!Prize pack includes: [*Gelly Roll Stardust Pens, 6 (http://www.sakuraofamerica.com/Pen-Glitter-Gel)][*Quickie Glue (http://www.sakuraofamerica.com/Pen-Glue)][*Gelly Roll Metallic pens, 3 (http://www.sakuraofamerica.com/Pen-metallic)][*Sticklers, including 3 Glaze 3-D pens (http://www.sakuraofamerica.com/Kits-Sticker

How do you win? Just pick any item in the United Thread to be inspired by and make any creation that you wish. Link your creation back to the EtsyInspired #77 post on the EtsyInspired blog by next Friday Mar. 5th, noon Pacific time to be entered into a drawing to win. Please make sure you credit the shop where you got your inspiration and this challenge to be eligible to enter. If you upload to SCS or PCP, please use keyword EIC77.

Tuesday, February 23, 2010

Happy Tuesday!!!!!! Today's QKD Royal hop starts at the QKD blog, so swing back over there so you don't miss anything. This week we continuing to feature stamps from the Feb. release again. I loved working with "He Loves Me, He Loves Me Not"!!!

This week is an inspiration challenge.....

And here's my sample using "He Loves Me, He Loves Me Not".

I colored her with Prismacolor pencils blended with OMS. I then added glitter pen to the hearts and white gel pen to the dots on her outfit.

Sunday, February 21, 2010

Happy Monday!!!! Did you all have a good weekend? I sure did! Yippie!!!!!

Today's another Color Challenge at StampTV....and my last one as hostess....booooooo......but I promise the stamper taking over for the next 3 months is just fabulous!!!!

This week's challenge is Metallics. You can combine them with neutrals or any other color you may need, but please keep the focus on the metallics.

I created this card for my cousin's engagement party this weekend using Nina's newest set "Lovely Labels" and the sentiment from Gina's set "Wreath of Wishes". I embossed the label in Antique Copper before cutting it out with the Nesties die. And I paired it with some copper shimmer paper and copper baubles.

I hope you'll play along with me this week!!! Just upload your new creation to the StampTV Gallery with the keyword STVCCSB13 for your chance to win.

Saturday, February 20, 2010

Happy, happy Saturday!!!!!! It's time for this week's Etsy Inspired challenge. And this week's shop is Enchanted Beehive.

At first I didn't know what to do for this shop. Then I spotted this Fairy Belle soap and I just knew what image to use...Wendy Papillon from Stamping Bella!! How perfect, huh? I colored her with Prismacolor Pencils blending with OMS. Then matched her up with some fun Basic Grey papers and some metal embellies.

What do you win?! You have a chance to win one of THREE super prizes this week! Ashley and Random.Brady will pick one winner who will get a choice of one free item from The Enchanted Beehive and one lucky winner to win FIVE free digital stamps (including sets) from Doodle Palace Digital Stamps!!! AND as a special prize, The Enchanted Beehive will choose one random winner to pick an item of their choice from the shop as well! WOO HOO! Do we have some generous shops and sponsors or WHAT?!

How do you win? Just pick any item in the Enchanted Beehive to be inspired by and make any creation that you wish. Link your creation back to the EtsyInspired #76 post on the EtsyInspired blog by next Friday Feb 26th, noon Pacific time to be entered into a drawing to win. Please make sure you credit the shop where you got your inspiration and this challenge to be eligible to enter. If you upload to SCS or PCP, please use keyword EIC76.

Thursday, February 18, 2010

Gina challenged the CenterStage Spotlight team to make a card with the new Hope is Faith stamp set using the photo above for inspiration. Check outGina's blogfor all the details on this special stamp set.

Here is the card I created...... Using the colors (mainly that orange that just jumped out at me) and the focus on the butterfly. I colored the butterfly using Prismacolor Pencils blended with OMS. I then colored a second one, and embossed it with Dazzling Diamonds and Glassy Glaze before cutting it out and layering it on the original image.

Tuesday, February 16, 2010

My post is a bit late for the hop today, but since I have a card done, I still wanted to share it with you.

This week's challenge was a color challenge...using pink, red, and white. I used Magic Flamingos stamp along with a sentiment from the Fairie Tales set.

Make sure you swing to the QKD blog to start this week's hop so you don't miss any of the DT creations.

There's also a new ning network The Royal Castle that you need to get over to!!!! We're hosting a virtual crop there this weekend with stamp releases, challenges, games and prizes!!!! You will not want to miss it!

Monday, February 15, 2010

Happy Monday!!! I hope you all had a terrific Valentine's Day!!! I sure did, after all the running around I did to get ready yesterday afternoon....including making sure I had a card made for today's StampTV Color Challenge.

Saturday, February 13, 2010

I have a great manly Valentine to share with you today!! Yes, this is the card I'm giving to my man. He's a true guy's guy....so I knew that the traditional hearts and flowers and pastel colors just weren't going to work, even if I managed to skip the girly touches. So, I created this card for him using a bunch of stamp sets from Gina K. Designs. I started my stamping the truck from Asela's set "The Journey". Then, masking it off, I stamped the mountain background from Theresa's set "Happy Camper". I colored the image with Prismacolor Pencils blended with OMS. I added the sewing and piercing around the edges. The sentiment is from Theresa's set "Purrr-fectly Delightful".

Yep.....I even decorated the inside using a sentiment from Gina's set "Love Notes". Since we've only been dating for a month I didn't want to use too sappy of a sentiment, and this one kinda goes with the truck on the front.

I hope you have fun/romantic plans with your loved ones today!!! I know I do!! Yippie!!!

Happy Saturday!!! Sorry for the delay....computer issues this morning. First thing I'm doing with my tax refund is buying a new laptop. Then I'm going to take this one out back and put it out of it's misery. :)

This week's shop is Spin Designs. This jewelry is right up my alley. Clean and simple and elegant! Love it!!

I choose this heart necklace as my inspiration piece. And I created my card using a free image from this week's sponsor Dustin Pike. I colored the image with Prismacolor Pencils blended with OMS. Then I paired it up with a sentiment from Nina's "Heartily Yours" set.

How do you win? Just pick any item in the Spin Designs to be inspired by and make any creation that you wish. Link your creation back to the EtsyInspired #75 post on the EtsyInspired blog by next Friday Feb 19th, noon Pacific time to be entered into a drawing to win. Please make sure you credit the shop where you got your inspiration and this challenge to be eligible to enter. If you upload to SCS or PCP, please use keyword EIC75.

Tuesday, February 9, 2010

Happy Tuesday!!!!!! Today's QKD Royal hop starts at the QKD blog, so swing back over there so you don't miss anything. This week we continuing to feature stamps from the Feb. release!!!! These images this month are just amazing. I loved working with "He Loves Me, He Loves Me Not"!!! Such a fun stamp. And she's available in the store now so you can take her home and play with her too.

This week is another sketch challenge.....

And here's my sample using "He Loves Me, He Loves Me Not".

I colored her with Prismacolor pencils blended with OMS. Then I paired her up with some fun new Basic Grey papers and rhinestone brads. The card itself is a 5.5" square.

Sunday, February 7, 2010

Happy Monday!!!! It's that time again....time for another color challenge at StampTV.

For this challenge, I have Valentine's Day on the brain....so your colors for this week are pink, red, and green. Plus any neutrals you need. Ok...so the green slide in there just out of necessity...pink grass might be kinda strange afterall. Plus it worked out with the Basic Grey paper I added in.

I used Nina's set "Heartily Yours" and the matching digital paper "I Love Hearts" to create my sample. I colored the image with Prismacolor Pencils blending with OMS. I added clear glaze pen to the hearts, but it just doesn't show up in the picture.

I hope you'll play along with me this week....just create your card and post it in the StampTV gallery with the tag STVCCSB11. Easy Peasy!!!

Saturday, February 6, 2010

Happy Saturday!!!! Is it just me or do these week's seem to be flying right by? Crazy! It's Feb already...when did that happen???

It's time for this week's Etsy Inspired Challenge. And this week's store is Travelin Mama. They have some amazing prints and handmade cards. I chose this photo, Written on Water as my inspiration piece.

I started by picking out the printed paper and the image from Theresa's "Purrr-fectly Delightful" stamp set. I colored the image with Prismacolor Pencils blended with OMS.

This week's sponsor is Simple Doodles. And the winner this week will receive 3 digi images of their choice.

How do you win? Just pick any item in the Travelin' Mama to be inspired by and make any creation that you wish. Link your creation back to the EtsyInspired #74 post on the EtsyInspired blog by next Friday Feb 12th, noon Pacific time to be entered into a drawing to win. Please make sure you credit the shop where you got your inspiration and this challenge to be eligible to enter. If you upload to SCS or PCP, please use keyword EIC74.

Tuesday, February 2, 2010

Happy Tuesday!!!!!! Today's QKD Royal hop starts at the QKD blog, so swing back over there so you don't miss anything. This week is our Feb. release!!!! These images this month are just amazing. I loved working with Abby!!! Such a fun stamp. And she'll be available in the store on Wed so you can take her home and play with her too.

This week is a sketch challenge.....

And here's my sample using Abby. A perfect sketch for this image!!!I colored her with Prismacolor pencils blended with OMS. Then I paired her up with some fun new Basic Grey papers and Prisma flowers.

Monday, February 1, 2010

It's time for another color challenge at StampTV. Can you believe how quickly time's been passing? This is my last month hosting these challenges.

This week's challenge is sage gree, yellow, black and white. My sample is the card I created for the VSN Spotlights on Ice challenge using Theresa's set "Purrr-fectly Delightful". I colored one image, and then mounted the colored image behind the one where I just have the shadows so the colors could poke out the punched out holes. I added Crystal Effects to the vase for shine and dimension. The cardstock is all GKD Pure Luxury and the background paper is Cosmo Cricket.